diff --git a/etc/villas/node/demo.conf b/etc/villas/node/demo.conf
index ca60a2e46f5e6ad168ab5ea2b28e0530ecdcacf3..5c0f145c81922e7e45da0f99ba866dc5d1078bd7 100644
--- a/etc/villas/node/demo.conf
+++ b/etc/villas/node/demo.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *********************************************************************************/
 
-hugepages = 1000;
+hugepages = 0;
 
 logging = {
 	level = "info"